04/07/2006: "King of the Road"

One of my latter-day heroes has passed on, Parishioners...

Brother Gene Pitney
He now sings in Heaven's Choir.


I endeavor to put together a post

which shall raise unto him his own due righteous Praise.

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here's something free to use:



But for now,


Another Wondrous Coincidence!



I have, of late,

managed to install Celestial fonts on this computer!


Joi abounds!

And you, my Iidren, are the first to hear of -

and partake in this wondrous Gift.


The lyrics to the (initially, for me, Dean Martin*) song King of the Road

are below...

King of the Road

Trailer for sale or rent
Rooms to let...fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked
When no one's around.

I sing,
Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

NOW - this is the important part:

I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around


My Celestial brothers

have just celebrated

The Kanamara Matsuri




The Official Vershun is here:

KANAMARA MATSURI - Held every April 15th at Wakamiya Hachimangu Shrine in Kawasaki Japan, this festival is about as wild and pagan as they get. People of all ages participate in a parade in which most of the participants sport a gigantic penis, and a giant lingam is carried through the streets. Females ride a penis-shaped seesaw, and men, women and children get their picture taken embracing a phallic statue. You can also buy penis shaped candies, or dress up as your favorite cartoon character with one part of his anatomy dramatically enlarged. The whole thing is presided over by a priest, and arcane Shinto rituals are carried out as well.

The festival is said to celebrate the vanquishing of a demon that lived in a woman's vagina and would bite off the penises of her lovers! According to legend, a local craftsman fashioned a steel phallus which broke the demon's teeth. In the Edo period courtesans would come to pray for good business and protection from sexually transmitted diseases and today it is used to promote AIDS awareness and safe sex. The Kanamara festival is held at Kawasaki Daishi Station on the Keihin Daishi in the beginning of April. If you would like to see a great free video of the Kanamara festival visit TokyoDV.com, a site featuring amateur videos from Japan. You can see the penis festival, rock bands and goths in Inokashiro park, or the cheesy graduation ceremony of a kimono school. There's a lot of hilarious stuff here. The URL is: http://www.tokyodv.com/.

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However, for the Enquiring parishioner, this is a good start:


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Set the images free!



A short and informative article is here

Good Instructions may be found here

A more traditional photo set may be found here:


I wished to inform a friend that this had made the Oz news

and had to look up the correct word

so that I could direct him to the appropriate sites.


I just tested my Japanese/English dictionary

by typing in "penis"


the translation?

(If you can't see the whole thing you need Celestial fonts.
Otherwise, it's only the last, underlined line that counts...)

(OK - after an hour pissing around I Guessed that Mr Server cant handle this unencoded Japanese goo - therefore I give you only the English part)

penis
[kanji here]
Strokes: 4
Frequency: 552 / 2501
On: [katakana here]
Kun: [furigana here]
Nanori: [what is nanori?]
Meaning: plump | thick | big around


thence the connection.


* It disgusts me that Boney M did a vershun of this noble & revered classic...


lerevdr on Fri 07-Apr-2006 @ 01:23 e.s.t [click here for more SALVATION]
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